Any History Buffs?

I am constantly drawn to the past..much of it fascinates me, especially pictures/photos that capture the era.

For contextual purposes, I figure anything circa 1970's and prior is "historical".

Anything goes...:smt001

Please note* Some history may offend, anger or hurt because history has been brutal and ugly as well as fun and outrageous. We can't erase it nor should we.

This is a 1949 Suntan vending machine.




Civil War Soldiers

 

A 1920's lifeguard



Martin removing a burned cross from his yard, with his son, in 1960

 

Illegal Alcohol being poured out on the street during Prohibition in 1929, Detroit



Wow.

Pro prohibitionists and anti salooners.



They look like they could use a good stiff.....
drink.

 

Ad or Story highlighting a 1925 Study aid



Thinking cap redux.

First ever 'GPS'. An auto-scrolling map that would help people navigate in real time.

 

WW11 navy officers getting their goodbye kisses...




Nazi officers and Cadets celebrate Christmas with a feast in 1941

 

1800's Creole women




Princeton Students: After a Freshman VS Sophomore SNOWBALL fight in 1893



Frozen balls?

 

Kiribati warriors were known for their ferocity.
They also had the most fully developed armour in the Pacific.
In Kiribati, wars were often fought over an insult, or over territory.



This is this helmet up-close



This is what it's made from -
Porcupine-fish skin.


*****

Not sure he is from the same tribe, but there are distinct similarities.

 

Miss Atomic Bomb 1950 winner is crowned.



What an honor


So I'm guessing the USA had a (morbid?) fascination with the A-Bomb and Nukes...

A Las Vegas mother and her son watch the mushroom cloud following a 1953 Nuclear test

 

(Helmut) Desiderius Helmschmid, c. 1540



1965 Vietnam


Yes it is..

 

Albert Von Prankh 14th Century Austria, helmut.
Fancy as...




A Siberian Bear hunting suit from the 1800's.



Pinhead, anyone?

 

Love this photo!
Chicago, 1941, this pic is sooooo O.G.!!!

But for real this is probably a photo after church on Sunday.




I had this as a desktop background at one point.

 

The Kanem-Bornu Empire was an empire that existed in what is now modern Chad and Nigeria.




The photo is of Bornu body guards for the Shehu (or ruler) of the Dikwa Bornu Emirate in Nigeria....photo from around 1917 to 1920s.
This role was extremely important socially.

Riders all wear quilted armour...

Riders all have kwalkwali (helmuts).. likely brass headpieces, and decorative ostrich feathers.

They carried wide bladed takoubas and swords

These men are bodyguards to the Shehu, the cream of the crop in terms of the cavalry (and) carry weapons with heritage and quality.


Cavalry from Mali

A portrait of a Dikwa (one of the remnant states of the Bornu empire) sheshu taken under German colonialism - The photo dates between 1902-1917


Looks like Japanese Shogun influences??

Camaroon soldiers

More quilted armor...

 

Loving the spectacles on the left (viewing) kid.

But dude in the middle...is Boss.

 

This is Sanda Mandara, who was a Ruler of the Dikwa Emirate, with the title of "Shehu" from 1902 to 1917...



****

 

Who's boss?
Methinks the guy in the front thinks he is, but the man in the back is like, 'please, I'm up here, ok?"


Gotta love the cross arm under the elbow pose..still current today

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Feudal Japan mask in 1656a.d.



Scary fight...

 

Statue of Liberty as she was being unpacked




2 men, possibly cops, testing out a bullet proof vest

 

The original Ronald McDonald 1963




Disneyland Employee Cafeteria, 1961

 

The last of the prisoners leaving Alcatraz prison in 1963




Cop on a Harley, transporting a prisoner in 1921

 

Billary, dating




WHISKEY DISPENSER in an office, 1950's.


:drinkers:

 

1970's Osama Bin Laden with his family in Sweden (front, green shirt)




Young boy attending MLK's "I have a Dream" speech, 1963.